Possum Living: How To Set Rivets

Thursday, April 5, 2012

How To Set Rivets

Rivets are useful for joining metal, leather and other materials to make all kinds of useful stuff. I have used copper rivets to make belts and harnesses, and it is a simple matter to make any knife or tool sheath or holster you need. I found an article on Instructables that details how to peen a rivet, and discusses the use of common nails as rivets. Read more here.

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Possum living is all about living on our own terms, slowing down and kicking back and doing what we really want to be doing instead of burning ourselves out in the pursuit of what society tells us we should strive for. It is about finding easier and more interesting ways of providing what we really need, as an alternative to paying the high price in time, money and freedom that society extracts in exchange for servicing these needs; and about finding the strength to say no to those services we don't really need.

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Andrew Zimmern

Government regulation generates unforeseen problems, which excuses more regulation, which causes still more unforeseen problems.

Ludwig von Mises

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